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Cable Continues to Dominate Emmy Nominations

Once again, the cable networks came out on top when the nominations for 60th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced this morning. AMC, FX and Showtime landed their first-ever noms in the best drama series category (for Mad Men, Damages and Dexter, respectively), while the HBO miniseries John Adams garnered the most nods overall.

Its nice to see some new blood earning the love, but the Emmys are still proving how out of touch they are by ignoring stand-outs like The Wire and Friday Night Lights and Battlestar Galactica while continuing their head-scratching love affair with shows like Entourage and Boston Legal. And can we please institute some kind of statute of limitations on perennial nominees Jeremy Piven, Mariska Hargitay, Tony Shaloub, and James Spader? Aren’t we all tired of them by now? How about if we at least agree not to give them any more awards until Hugh Laurie finally gets the Emmy statuette he so richly deserves? That’s fair, right?

The complete list of nominees, from Best Drama Series to Main Title Design to Picture Editing of Clip Packages for Talk, Performance, Award or Reality-Competition Program (don’t laugh–nominees in this category include viral video hits “I’m F***ing Matt Damon” and “I’m F***ing Ben Affleck”) can be found behind the cut.

The New Adventures Of Old Christine • Between A Rock And A Hard Place, The New Adventures Of Old Christine, House • CBS • Kari’s Logo Here in association with Warner Bros. Television
Cabot McMullen, Production Designer
Amy Feldman, Set Decorator

We Love Ella! A Tribute To The First Lady Of Song (Great Performances) • PBS • A Production of Thirteen/WNET New York in association with University of Southern California, Verve Records and Concord Music Group
Gary Bradley, Editor
Laura Young, Editor

Two And A Half Men • City Of Great Racks • CBS • Chuck Lorre Productions, Inc., The Tannenbaum Company in association with Warner Bros. Television
Janice Berridge, Department Head Makeup Artist
Peggy Nichols, Key Makeup Artist

Disney Phineas And Ferb • Song: “I Ain’t Got No Rhythm” • Disney Channel • Walt Disney TV Animation in association with Disney Channel
Danny Jacob, Music by
Jeff “Swampy” Marsh, Written by
Robert F. Hughes, Written by
Martin Olson, Written by
Dan Povenmire, Written by

MADtv • Song: “Sad Fitty Cent” • FOX • Girl Group Company
Greg O’Connor, Music and Lyrics by
Jordan Peele, Music and Lyrics by
Jim Wise, Music and Lyrics by

Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music

Canterbury’s Law • FOX • Apostle in association with Sony Pictures Television
Tree Adams, Theme By

Disney Phineas And Ferb • Disney Channel • Walt Disney TV Animation in association with Disney Channel
Carl Hill Williams, Main Title Theme by
Michael Walker, Main Title Theme by
Michael Culross, Jr., Main Title Theme by

American Masters • PBS • American Masters is produced for PBS by Thirteen/WNET New York
Susan Lacy, Executive Producer
Prudence Glass, Series Producer
Julie Sacks, Supervising Producer
Jim Brown, Produced By
Michael Cohl, Produced By
William Eigen, Produced By

American Masters • Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends • PBS • A Rhapsody Films Inc. production in association with RPM Music Productions Inc. and Thirteen/WNET New
York’s American Masters
Jason King, Sound Mixer

The Colbert Report • Comedy Central • Hello Doggie, Inc. with Busboy Productions and Spartina Productions
Tom Purcell, Head Writer
Stephen Colbert, Written By
Allison Silverman, Written By
Richard Dahm, Written By
Michael Brumm, Written By
Rob Dubbin, Written By
Eric Drysdale, Written By
Peter Gwinn, Written By
Jay Katsir, Written By
Laura Krafft, Written By
Frank Lesser, Written By
Glenn Eichler, Written By
Peter Grosz, Written By
Bryan Adams, Written By
Barry Julien, Written By

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart • Comedy Central • Hello Doggie, Inc.
Steve Bodow, Head Writer
Rory Albanese, Written By
Rachel Axler, Written By
Kevin Bleyer, Written By
Rich Blomquist, Written By
Tim Carvell, Written By
J.R. Havlan, Written By
Scott Jacobson, Written By
David Javerbaum, Written By
Rob Kutner, Written By
Josh Lieb, Written By
Sam Means, Written By
John Oliver, Written By
Jason Ross, Written By
Jon Stewart, Written By

Late Night With Conan O’Brien • NBC • Conaco, Broadway Video, in association with Universal Media Studio
Mike Sweeney, Head Writer
Chris Albers, Written By
Jose Arroyo, Written By
Dan Cronin, Written By
Kevin Dorff, Written By
Daniel J. Goor, Written By
Michael Gordon, Written By
Berkley Johnson, Written By
Brian Kiley, Written By
Michael Koman, Written By
Brian McCann, Written By
Guy Nicolucci, Written By
Conan O’Brien, Written By
Matt O’Brien, Written By
Brian Stack, Written By
Andrew Weinberg, Written By

Late Show With David Letterman • CBS • Worldwide Pants Inc.
Eric Stangel, Head Writer
Justin Stangel, Head Writer
Jim Mulholland, Written By
Michael Barrie, Written By
Steve Young, Written By
Tom Ruprecht, Written By
Lee Ellenberg, Written By
Matt Roberts, Written By
Jeremy Weiner, Written By
Joe Grossman, Written By
Bill Scheft, Written By
Bob Borden, Written By
Frank Sebastiano, Written By
David Letterman, Written By

Saturday Night Live • NBC • SNL Studios in association with NBC Studios and Broadway Video
Seth Meyers, Head Writer
Andrew Steele, Head Writer
Paula Pell, Head Writer
Doug Abeles, Written By
James Anderson, Written By
Alex Baze, Written By
James Downey, Written By
Charlie Grandy, Written By
Steve Higgins, Written By
Colin Jost, Written By
Erik Kenward, Written By
Rob Klein, Written By
Jon Lutz, Written By
Lorne Michaels, Written By
Simon Rich, Written By
Marika Sawyer, Written By
Akiva Schaffer, Written By
Robert Smigel, Written By
John Solomon, Written By
Emily Spivey, Written By
Kent Sublette, Written By
Bryan Tucker, Written By
Robert Carlock, Additional Sketch By
Lauren Pomerantz, Additional Sketch By

Great Moments From The Campaign Trail • History ChannelVOD • Time Travel Unlimited, LLC in association with The History Channel, A&E Television Network
Tim Nolan, Executive Producer For The History Channel
Anthony Giacchino, Producer